It's a fantastic league & farcical that there's only 1 auto promotion place. The top teams in the National League would be some of the best teams in League 2.
That said, it's a bit of a wild west with no FFP as such so clubs bankrolled to hilt to try to get promoted.
I like catching a National League game when I can, decent standard considering it's the 5th tier. Agree with @Frostie , National League is stronger than it's ever been and isn't far off being League 3 at this point. Even the 3 semi-pro teams are holding their own. From what I've read RIck Parry is open to offering them a 2nd automatic spot so 3 come up, just needs a majority of EFL clubs to vote for it.
I like catching a National League game when I can, decent standard considering it's the 5th tier. Agree with @Frostie , National League is stronger than it's ever been and isn't far off being League 3 at this point. Even the 3 semi-pro teams are holding their own. From what I've read RIck Parry is open to offering them a 2nd automatic spot so 3 come up, just needs a majority of EFL clubs to vote for it.
The one thing that may help is that it looks like it will be a simple majority needed (not like the Premier League needing 14/20) so a 37-35 vote in favour would do. 24 Championship clubs and 6 in L1 who will feel they're too big to go down again (Sheff W, Derby, Bolton, Ipswich, Portsmouth, Barnsley) gets you to 30 without breaking sweat. Teams like Wycombe/Peterborough might feel well enough set now too.
You're right though, gets a lot trickier after that. Strong chance many of them will feel the trapdoor to non-league is already only 1 bad season away without voting to make it bigger as well.
The one thing that may help is that it looks like it will be a simple majority needed (not like the Premier League needing 14/20) so a 37-35 vote in favour would do. 24 Championship clubs and 6 in L1 who will feel they're too big to go down again (Sheff W, Derby, Bolton, Ipswich, Portsmouth, Barnsley) gets you to 30 without breaking sweat. Teams like Wycombe/Peterborough might feel well enough set now too.
You're right though, gets a lot trickier after that. Strong chance many of them will feel the trapdoor to non-league is already only 1 bad season away without voting to make it bigger as well.